Gilpin moore



(No Model.)

G. MOORE. VINEYARD PLOW.

No. 454,828- Patented JunZB, 1891.

ATENT EEICE.

GILPIN MOORE, OE MOLINE, ILLINOIS, AssIGNOE To THE DEERE a COMPANY, OEsAME PLAOE.

VINEYARD-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,828, dated June23,1891.

I Application tiled November 11, 1890. Serial No. 371,105. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

' Be it known that I, GILPIN MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moline, Rock Island county, State of Illinois, and haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Vineyard-Flows, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a top or plan view, some parts beingbroken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, being partly in section. Fig. 3is a detail, being an under side view of the attachingplate; and Fig'. 4is a perspective view of the attaching-plate.

This invention relates to plows, and particularly to vineyard-plows. Itis designed for use principally in vineyards. Such vuse requires anadjustment of the point of attachment of the draft of the plow-beam toone side of the line of plowing to enable the draftanimal to travel at adistance from the vines. It is also necessary to adjust the handles toone side to enable the plowman to travel to one side of the furrow at adistance from the vines.

The objects of my present invention are to provide novel devices foradjusting the plovvr beam and handles to one side of the line ofplowing, for the purpose above explained, and to provide a device bywhich such adjustment may be readily obtained upon hand-plows ascommonly made. I accomplish these objects as illustrated in thedrawings, and as hereinafter described.

What I claim as new will be pointed ont in the claims.

In the drawings, A indicates the plow-standard, mold-board, andlandside. These may be made in any suitable form, and may be any one ofa large number of the common forms.

B indicates the plow-beam, which may be made in any suitable form, andmay be any one of a large number of common forms.

C indicates an attachingplate, which I place upon the upper portion ofthe standard A, and upon which the plow-beam B is secured. v Theplow-beam is pivotally secured to the standard A and plate C by means ofthe bolt D, which may pass through said beam,

The attaching-plate C is provided with a ange c, which is adapted to iitover the upper portion of the standard A, and when the parts are drawntogether by the bolt D said attaching-plate, by means of the fiange c,is firmly held upon the standard A; but, the upper surface of the plateC being smooth, the beam B Inay be turned on the bolt D. The plate Cconstitutes a separate cap-piece for the plow-standard A, and themarginal iiange c of the cap-piece provides a socket in which the upperend of the plow-standard is located, so that the cap-piece cannot movelaterally on the standard, while a single bolt D fulfills all theconditions required for detachably connecting the standard, thecap-piece, and the beam together and enabling the beam to turn upon thebolt as a pivot or center. By turning the beam B upon the plate C it canbe adjusted to bring the point of -attachment of the draft to one sideof the line of the plowing. The beam is secured in this adjustedposition by means of a bolt E, which may pass through said beam andthrough a slot e in plate C. By this construction the beam can 'beadjusted in relation to the plow-standard A to any desired position forthe purpose above mentioned,and can be readily secured in such positionby means of the bolt E. By the use of a plate C, which can be interposedbetween the beam B and standard A of most of the common plows of thestyle shown, such plows can be readily changed to adapt them for theadjustments necessary for a vineyardplow.

t F indicates the handles, which are pivoted to the lower portion of theplow-standard or to a bracket secured to the landside and moldboard upona pivot a. These handles F, at about the horizontal plane of the beam B,are provided with a lbracket G. This bracket G is provided with asegmental slot g, as best shown in Fig. l. A bolt H may pass through thebeam B and the slot g inthe bracket G, which will secure the bracket Gto the beam B. By loosening the bolt I-I the handles F may be adjustedlaterally for the purpose lIo above mentioned. to adjust the handlesafter the adjustment of the beam B upon the plate C to bring them inproper position. This may be done by means of the bolt H.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that the beam B canbeadjusted later-- ally and secured in its adj usted position; that thehandles F may also be adjusted laterally; that either adjustment `may bemade separately, and that by means of the bracket G and bolt H thehandles may not only be adjusted in relation to the plow A, but also inrelation to the adjustment of the beam B. lVhat I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a plow-standard A and beam B, of a separatecap-piece C, having a transverse slot e in its rear extremity, and themarginal flange c, constituting a socket in which the upper end of theplowstandard is inserted, a bolt D, connecting the standard, cap-piece,and the beam together and forming a pivot for the beam, and a bolt Itwill also be necessary j E, passing vertically through the beam and thetransverse slot of the cap-piece, substantially as described.

2. The combination, With a plow-standard and a plow-beam, of a separatecap-piece C, removably engaged with the upper end of the plow-standardand having its rear extremity provided with a transverse slot e, a boltD, connecting the standard, the cap-piece, and t-he beam together andconstituting a pivotpin for the beam, a bolt E, passing verticallythrough the beam and the transverse slot of the cap-piece, the handlesF, connected at the lower end with the landside and moldboard by apivot-pin a, a bracket G, secured to the handles and having a segmentalslot g, and a clamp-bolt H, passing through the segmental slot and therear extremity of the plow-beam, substantially as and for the p'rposesspecified.

GILPIN MOORE.

Witnesses:

C. H. POPE, F. J. SAVAGE.

